Bio
Sabre Esler makes paintings, sculptures, and prints about the dynamics between natural and manmade systems and structures. Her work uses layers of lyrical brushstrokes and intricate geometries with shifting perspectives. She creates and teaches in Atlanta after graduating from Miami University (Oxford OH). Esler founded The Pollinator Art Space in 2024.She received an MFA (SCAD, Atlanta). Esler exhibited in solo shows at Jules Place (Boston, MA /Greenwhich CT) Allison Sprock Fine Art (Charleston, SC) Lagerquist Gallery (Atlanta, GA) Whitespace Gallery (Atlanta, GA) Lyonsview Gallery (Knoxville, TN) and Kaller Fine Art (Washington DC). She exhibited during the Venice Biennale in 2024 at Personal Structures. Esler has exhibited at the Alexandria Museum, (Alexandria, LA) The Corcoran Gallery (Washington DC) Georgia Southern University (Statesboro, GA) Georgia State University (Atlanta, GA) Atlanta Contemporary (Atlanta, GA) Greenville Center for Creative Arts (Greenville, SC) Chastain Art Center (Atlanta, GA), and Glynn Visual Arts Center, (St. Simons, GA) and is featured in public collections of Georgia State University, Miami University, Tufts University, The Federal Reserve Bank, City of Atlanta, and corporate collections of Acoustic, Atlantic Capital Bank, Boston Consulting Group, Cognia, Georgia Power, Georgian Bank, Hilton Hotels, Hyatt Hotels, Lure Real Estate Gallery, Dubai, UAE, Oglethorpe Bank, NCR/VOYIX, Ritz Carlton, Science Square, SunTrust Bank/Truist, and Trammel Crow. Esler held residencies at Atlanta Contemporary, Hambidge, and Officina Stamperia del Notaio in Sicily. The work has been featured in ArtsATL, Atlanta Journal and Constitution, Rough Draft, and WABE, NPR.
Artist Statement
As a child, my mother would ask me, “Why did you do that?” I replied, “I don’t know!” Why? This has been a continual question in my life. When I was 3, napping in my bed, I imagined I was a superhero because I could see the floaters in my eye as I scanned the gradient ceiling. My imagination of why things work is part of who I am. Watching Bill Murray’s character in “Groundhog Day” as he struggled through the stages of grief to wrestle with who he was and his responses to a day that never ended reminds me of how I think defines me. I build real and imagined structures to answer the question of “Why?” This word becomes Y at the intersection of X. Decisions are essentially the math of our lives. Stay or go, yes or no, right or wrong, left or right, black or white are all decisions at the intersection of the structures I build. My decision-making process creates ethereal mazes and systems to define the dichotomy of opposites. The themes of my work are harmony vs. chaos, order vs. disorder, and truth vs. lies. The power of our thoughts ultimately defines our existence. There is a hidden architecture relied upon to make complex decisions. I describe this construct.
Gallery Representation
SCAD Art Sales
https://www.scadartsales.com/search?q=sabre%20esler
Flow Gallery
https://www.palmettobluff.com/experience/the-arts-initiative/flow-gallery-workshop
Palmetto Bluff Wilson Village, Bluffton SC
Saatchi Art